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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24 1923.
DAY BY DAY.
-THE WORLD 13 LEARNING ELEMENTARY ECONOMICS AT A TREMENDOUS COst-Mr. Buld-
Bulls and Inners
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ments, ar in. Isased and caded territory, we find a contrast of jorderly rule and prosperity that should serve as an object lesson to the Chineas. Dr Sun Yat-se bas stated that it was this same zis.
We desire to contradict the Extract from "The Ethics of rumour that, in consequence of } Manners" froma Foman contrast which moved him to
his recent referenca in the Chine="Etiquette Is the grace work for the substitution of the
Council to "we wbich lubricates our social A full repart of to-day's meet Legislative corrupt Manchu regime by one ling of shareholders in the Hong-Englishman," the Hon. Mr. A.G. machine, but it must not be ca of purer and more progressivo kong and Shanghai Banting Stephan is to be invited to become fused with the motor." Not much He must be the first to Corporation will appear in a later ext year's President of the difference anyhow. The former Hongkong Society of St. George, drives the uninitiated to distrao- admit that he has failed, for edition of this paper.
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tian-and the laiter, to destruction. there is still something very
The man who advertised his
"The motive of the robbery is rotten in the state of Chins.
The official rate of the dollar willingness to pay $200 or $250 Observars who give the problem for all payments fixed in starling an eight or nine-roomed house on last Tuesday.
per month, including taxes, for unknowp,” said the Telegraph The thought up in despair can be excused, which have to be made in the mid-levels, with servants, which some of our robberies pat quarters, tennis court and garden into their work is only eclipsed
type.
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kong and on the China Station
likely during the month of March, will
solution. It is all very well to be 23. 31. talk glibly of uniication, but it: is another matter to bring it
More human lives are in the keeping of one lock
His Excellency the Governor when it is placed on a rail-about, or even to point to the has appointed Dr. W. V. T. Koch way in which such a desirable to be a member of the Sanitary road switch than in any other
end could be attained. As wellį Board for a further serm of three position.
Great railroads like the try to bring about the millenium. Sears with effect from the 1st
March, 1923. Pennsylvania and Union Pa- Shall cife that take every possibles precaution to safeguard their patrons, use Yale & Townd Bronze Padlocks.
CYALE
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HALL-At No. 5 Observatory Villas, Kowloon, on 23rd. Fex ruary, to Mr. and Mrs. Robert: Hall, & 101. *
The Telegraph.
HONGKONG, 24th Feb., 1923.
IS THERE HOPE FOR CHINA?
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In his speech on the Mai Tsai From the Belly Press report of Bill. Nr. Parr referred to a
recent wedding
.sermon which he heard at Home "bridesmaid, Miss Phyllis Brown, by parson who, indulged in wore a dress of white georgette exaggerated absurdities regard- over sail.
Her bridesmaid, Missing Hongkong's sinve-girls, bat Phyllis Brown, wors & dress of who promised to correct the mis- cinnamon georgette, Inmmed with | statements on the following Sun- gold bards, and a black picture day. It would have been nice to [hat." Evidently a quick-chaoge | Lave had the full story, but then
artiste.
again ons cannot expect our Ua- officials to attend church more than once in one holiday.
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China $30 great, united nation, with powerful central authority Lieut. W. J. Humphrey, M.C., wielding a benignant and just 2nd. King's Regt. has been appoint- ed A.D.C. to the G.0.C., vice governman the people happy Lieut. C. S. Fisher, M.C., R.G.A. except that most of them are Our alreat cars are not so bad and contented, and the treasuries Lieut. Fisher, has been posted to always going in the filled with money available for the 9th. Coy. R.G.A. the further development of the country and the extension of its activities as an inluence for good in this part of the world?
Pity the Sampang.
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direction.
The funniest thing in Hong- In connection with the Mars-kong is seeing an old bachelor [thon Race which is to start from petting a baby, especially if she's
outside St. Andrew's Church st about 20 years old.
5 p.m. on Monday, the prizes.
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From Women in China - Tea chocolate caramels during the day are just the same as an extra meal. A person who eats that amount should skip a meal to give the stomach a chance to catch it up." The embonpoint member of our staff wants to know how he is going to catch it up when both his bands occupied in the exercise of skip- ping.
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According to the Daily Press, the lowest open-air temperature (on the 14th. instant was 88 We felt a
think of it.
The life of the sampan people io Hongkong barbour could scarcely be called an inviting one, we think. They not only have to:
At the P.W.D. offices on March stand all winds and weathers, bat we fancy they are a little unduly 12. two lots of Crown land will be
The Jure Tribune speaks of degrees Fahrenhei harrassed by some of the old regspid. These ar- Inland Lot 2413the embracing climes of the bit hot ourselves, now we come to ulations. Quite often & number Causeway Bay (area about. Netherlands Indies of them are taken before the 410 square feet; upset price resorts. But we doubt whether Marine Magistrate on a charge $45,705 and Kowloon Inland Lat they have a climate that embraces 1527.at Lo Lung Hang Valley faces which reads "lying inshore at a
more than ours does a dry day distance less than 100 yards of about 10,725 square feet: upset of £9 or 50 degrees early in the low water mark" in other price, $5,363).
February, and a wel foggy one words, lying alongside the Prays.
of 79 degrees less than two weeks According to the law, junks and
later. sampans are not allowed to put
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up for the night in either of the afternoon at the Criminal Sessions, Is formazone and champagne It becomes almost wearisome typhoon shelters and neither are before Mr. Justice Gompertz of good for gold fish? We leave it to read, day by day. of the they allowed to tie up for the Chan Hing, who was charged with to the Hongkong S.P.C.A.
night alongside the Prays unless being concerned in a robbery at chaotic comiitions in China-the they have a permit to do so from Yumati on Jan. 19th. Prisoner's This is the month in which we constant reports of charges in the Harbour Master. The only defence was that the charge had have the privilege of paying 31 official circles, of unrest among legal places for them (excepting been brought against him out of days' rent fo: 28 days use of a when the typhoon signals are up) malice. The case did not finish the unpaid soldiers, of fresh are at the two junk anchorages, and was adjourned until Monday.
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Since the Peak trams stopped (running, soms of our tsipani have developed nice, píok, baby- live complexions.
A fire threatend to destroy a
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Jane Austin's unfinished story entitled 'The Watsons' is shortly to be published," states John VLondon's Werkly. It should certainly fozmazons for itself in local literary circles. (No bricks, by request).
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Despite all our parsons say on the subject of marrisze, a plain looking woman looks much better than a pretty rasą.
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A Chinese the other day pro- phesied plenty muchee wiad this year." Let's hope it'e from the North and a trade wind at
that!
Shanghai contemporary states that "General Wei Fong- ping" has left Canton for Hong- kong. From Fong ping to Ping- pong is not a difficult transition.
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From a ladies' fashion number: Blouses just now are infioita in their variety, with emphasis on figured materials and so accent on bright colourings intensified by more than a liberal tracing of metal. The metal may some times be extracted from hubby's trouser pockets while the bright colouring is usually observed in bis language when he discovers how the materials are figured.
These days folk who don't like public meetings have hard time staying away from home.
military units being raised, of one of which is off Wanchai bandits extending their activities and the other off Wing Lak and terrorising whole districts, central fairways.
Street, between the southern and The two men who came before But it is the Puisne Judge at the Crimins! | bringing commerca to a standstill; obviously inconvenient for all the Sessions yesterday, charged with in short of all the ills that lack of craft to lie at these two places demanding money by menaces an ordered, unified government and so the police have ceased to and intimidation, were acquitted million dollars worth of whisky prosecute junks and sampans the jury returning & verdict of in New York. We wonder whose can lead to. Foreign observers which use the typhoon shelters," not guilty" by a majority of six battle it was? bave written for years on the And we should also like to see to one. Lau Hon-ying, who was evils of "squeeze" and the them stop prosecuting sampan tried before the Chief Justice on
people who tie up at the Prays, a charge of robbing
en old criminal wastefulness indulged because we think the Prays is a woman hero doctor at Yaumati, in by the seekers after power very suitable place for them. The also was discharged on & majority More recently, a great deal bus police objection, apparently, is verdict. been said about the serious that sampans alongside the Praya wall would make any biding financial position in which the places for robbers of other The last of the semi-finals in country is placed, with a gloomy criminals trying to escape from the Hongkong Billiards Cham-
To many Hongkong men, homs outlook so long as present can justice, but even withor: sampane pionship was played last nigbist is a place where they can go and Iditions continue. We published/alongside most of our robbers the V.P.C.. when Mr. T.S. Leung raise cain because things went submit to French domination."
seem to get away already. As defeated Mr. M. Tsang by 750 to messages Fosterday that placed matters are at preseal, far too 582.
The latter had reached wrong at the office. the whole position within a few many. hird-working sampan 500 when his opponent was only
Judge Parry says "I could paragraphs, and also served to people have to pay fines for noth-at 350, but thence award Mr.
ing but technical offences.
Leung put on some fine breaks settle 75 per cent of all the emphasise the very grave nature
and ran out winaer, his highest wretched squabbles over the Rent of China's chaos, particularly
breaks being 43 And 40. Mr.Act if I could only get the parties Tsang made a 36 and two breaks into my room before they spent on lawyers and of 33. The winner meets Mr. A. their money
court fees." Wonder what he'd J. Osmund in the final to-night.
say if he held a job in Hongkong?
Q Hark to Reuter: "It is pointed
where her finances Bra concerned.
Dr. Sun's Stay.
According to news which we published yesterday, Dr. Sun Yat. sen is hoping to be able to leave
The American Minister to Pe king, in the course of an indict meat of the so-called Government Canton scan for the purpose of
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The perils of the Peak pedestrian are chiefly motors and muscles.
A writer in the Daily Express states that Sir Clifford Allbutt is. in all probability the leading medical man in the whole world. A first-rate creative expert in various branches of medicine, a great scholar, and an admirable and prolific writer." Allbutt the laat word in the medical profes. sion, we suppose.
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of the country-s body of men returning to the north in orderi Eighteen of the twenty cable with authority over but a fraction to participate in reunification joiners in the employ of the out in The Times that many new
Company
who rhododendrons which have been negotiations. In support of this Telephone of the Chinese territories-places story, it is said that Saa's object appeared before Mr. J. R. Wood introduced from West China are his hopes for improvement in the in coming South is merely to yesterday charged with absenting proving hardy in England, at any peassatry, that sturdy, industri-straighten out the misunderstand-themselves from duty without rate in abeltered gardens." Faucy ous, and usually illiterate classings between the various military giving notice, were fined $20 each that! All by themselves too!!
factions in Canton and that con- after. evidence bad
been We may next expect to read They apparently re- that Ms Jong is being played in who plod onward outside the pale sequently be will not establish beard.
spot in West of politics or intrigue. Actually. another "President's " head-fused to pay this ine and later io some
there. of course, the day were given the alternative Kensington. these country people esta a bare quarters
before reunification of. the of a month's imprisonment. Two livelihood, and a good deal of whole country can be effected, others, who said they were dis- Some more literature at cable
Do people really read the their life is spent in the shadow there must be some semblance missed by the manager, were held rates "The never-ending caval newspapers, bats & correspon- of the menace of extortion by of harmony in its component over for a farther examination cade of all kinds of vehicles dent, or is the public memory so wound its way to the tomb, shallow that what is read is, ia brigands, or by bandits in the Parte, and a prime requirement is today.
certainly an improvement of pon-¡
rudely breaking the ancient the msin, readily obliterated by brooding guise of enlisted ditions in Canton, where chaos!
silence of the matter of more immediate soldiers. The annual conference still prevails. If Dr. Sun Can From the Tenyo Maru, on her royal necropolis." Fine. But not notoriety? One is often inclined of the Associated Britlab Champnravel the tangle there, be will arrival here the other day, the nearly graphic enough. How's to the conclusion that besides be a cleverer man than most Revenue Officers affected big this "Thirsty and trusty 'Tolo being shockingly bad af zetafning bers of Commerce, held people take him to be it is a job seizure of arms, the consignment gists tenderly thrust their way knowledge of things that it would Shanghai, has also passed some for a superman almost. Mean-discovered being no less than 290 through to Tat-ankh-Amen'stomb. pay them to keep in mind, the many thousand on the outskirts, shirt-sleeved public are still too trustful to pointed revmarks about conditions while, the situation in the Shia-revolvers and in China Altogether, the coun-bung district is by no means rogade of ammunition. They were statesmen sat around the sepul escape the charge of gullibility. solemnly It is wonderful what success an try presents a spectacle, with the fighting there
composed, for reports tall of contained in fourteen barrels, bear-chral sarcophagus
between the ing inscriptions purporting to sucking sweets to the seamour easy money merchant can still corruption of feudal times exist- Kwangsi and Kwangtong forces. show that the gontents were of strains of Swanee. Meanwhile attain despite the face of publicity. ing side by side with attempts at Intheci registances, if the length the character of ordinary mer. Boyalty rambled round the rugged an olly tongue, an engaging of Dr.Sao'stay is to be dependent chandise. The seizure was made oaks ruminating and revelling in manner, and a tale that bas * grip lead the listener on from modern progress, which is almost
on the bringing about of real har-in the forward bold amongst regal reminiscencer,"
casual interest to close attention unique in this world to-day.
mony and something approach-other cargo, and is said to be one
Ова ка sent in a coupon until, if he be act way, his Wherever foreign induence has warring faction, we fone it will over thirty, copiles to transport giving Hongkong score of 16 mover goes to help line the
ing definite peace between the of the largest made, since it took made an impression, in treaty bez trifle longer than some folk the arms and ammunition to the Was he an optimat or merely pocket of the seeker after large
Central Police Station, `
} thinking of oricket ↑ ports, in international settle- imagine.
profile and quick returns.
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